Chalcostigma is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Chalcostigma | |
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Rainbow-bearded thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Chalcostigma Reichenbach, 1854 |
Type species | |
Ornismya heteropogon Boissonneau, 1840
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Species | |
5, see text |
The genus Chalcostigma was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the bronze-tailed thornbill by George Gray.[2][3] The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the bronze-tailed thornbill.[4]
The genus contains the following five species:[5]